Did Assistant Principal Fail to Prevent Six-Year-Old School Shooter? | Ebony Parker Case Analysis

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[@pikadeb]

Uh, I'm sorry, "he refused to let them search his backpack"???? HE'S SIX!!!! Where the hell are the adults in this school??!?!?

[@Flamsterette]

I don't know many six-year-olds who would willingly let you search their backpacks, yeah.

[@420noscopesonlylol6]

I know that blew my mind. Who cares what a six year says.

[@skinni_the_P00hBear]

THIS!

[@ByterSweet]

Long ago, school told me they reserved the right to search my bag, my locker and my car cause it was on school property

[@brandon8900]

Teachers cant do shit to kids anymore

[@marisawoods]

I hope Ebony is never allowed to be in any position of authority ever, again. Vile.

[@markmike7933]

I....CANT IMAGINE someone anywhere hiring her for anything after this. Good. Unless she moves...cause this will be known everywhere in the place she lives. I don't know what job I would trust her with

[@maryseflore7028]

@@markmike7933 Maybe a position as a janitor would be OK. MAYBE.

[@wildmountainthyme4123]

This woman should never have been hired for this position to begin with!

[@user-vs1tc3kj3z]

DEI is a tragedy.

[@truthhurtsohwell05]

@@user-vs1tc3kj3zno your racism. You all are also incompetent in these positions

[@Lizerator]

Severely disturbed student, shouldn't be in school. Ebony needs to never work in a school again.

[@maryseflore7028]

She also should never work with children, even remotely, and NEVER in any position of authority.

[@valiakloeppel7252]

For a baby- a 6 yr old to be so disturbed is frightening. The belt incident etc. surely shows a chaotic home life. Adhd symptoms do not show such lack of empathy- something more sinister happening.

[@Appaddict01]

You can thank restorative justice.

[@wmdkitty]

@@valiakloeppel7252 Yeah, no fkn parenting.

[@itsablessingbeinganamerica1401]

She's a diverse hired person so she will find another job soon.

[@trax72]

This kid will never reform, and should be under supervision for the rest of his life.

[@lawrencefrost9063]

1 % of humanity is psychopathic, unable to feel remorse or guilt. I think this kid is part of the 1 percent.

[@That_Trans_Kid]

Chain gang material

[@jenanne31]

Sadly, that is likely not the case. He will try to kill again. It's so sad.

[@drivethruabortion280]

I collected comic books and star wars toys at six.

[@scorpion-lg4ic]

​@@drivethruabortion280at that age I was making mud pies, playing with Barbies, roller skating up & down the street & was totally clueless about guns or violence. we didn't have much $ & were pretty much latch key kids because our parents had to work pay the bills but as an adult I realized just how much we were sheltered from knowing about the ugliness of the world. the Internet has provided the world with so much information which is amazing... but also terrifying because all the horrifying things people do to each other is right at our fingertips to find in an instant. i hate that children grow up seeing and experiencing violence & hate. it's so freaking sad

[@LynnCooks]

He is only 6. Something is seriously wrong with this child. His parents are responsible. The school administration failed to protect the teacher & endangered the students. What would have happened if the gun didn't jam?

[@jenanne31]

Agreed! Thanks!

[@stevejohns3410]

I think most people who reside outside the U.S. ask the same question how a 6 yrs old know even how to use a gun?

[@jamesnewberry1191]

That kid has had it.

[@Snakesnarl]

The fact that children like this exist is scary and very sad. At six years old?! What has this child seen?!

[@TheMattTrakker]

@@stevejohns3410 He didn't.

[@aricat6182]

Teacher here. The AP did exactly what most admin would do...deny there's an issue so that they don't have to deal with pushback from parents or the school district. 98% of school administrators are absolutely worthless. I had a medical emergency on Friday with a student and didn't tell my administrator until after I'd checked the student over, had her rest, called her mom, and it was over with. My admin tried to ask why I didn't tell them and I said "I know that you wouldn't have done anything until the student was truly in crisis so I took action on my own before that happened". My principal tried to tell me to "stay in my lane". Ma'am if I'm not staying in my lane, then you and your ilk must be driving on the curb. And the 2% of administrators that actually aren't morons are trying to figure out how to get out of admin.

[@LadyKej]

🙌🏽 Truth told!

[@itsablessingbeinganamerica1401]

Typical public school Administrators

[@canileaveitblank1476]

Yuru Bezmenov was correct. Marxism is rife in the US.

[@thehiddendrive]

Those who can't teach, administrate.

[@Hellbender8574]

I couldn't agree more.

[@pocho689]

How in the world did we get to the point where a disruptive and violent student is catered too? The FIRST priority should be the other students and the staff. Unbelievably insane !

[@WoodworkerDan]

I taught in the public schools for 30 years and I am sorry to say that many administrators do not hold violent/disruptive students responsible for their actions. There are several reasons why this could happen. They might be unwilling to admit that such things are going on in their school, they might hold a grudge against a teacher, or they might side with the student for personal reasons.

[@reefshadow1]

How? My answer won’t be popular, but racism- or if you prefer- racial bias. All of the management at this school was black and didn't want to punish a small black boy with a troubled family. My next thought may not be true, but comes to mind. Perhaps they didn’t want a blonde white teacher calling the shots on that black boy’s future. Kind of like how the OJ juror said that acquittal via nullification was payback for Rodney King.

[@shelbydan]

@@WoodworkerDanadmin is scared to death of parents for some reason. they’ll almost always do whatever keeps the parent happy.

[@thecastle09]

Woke incompetent culture.

[@stugrant01]

Students who want to go to school and learn are instead used as props to ensure teaching jobs for incompetent charity-case teachers. And also the students must sacrifice their time to be wasted by disruptive kids.

[@icturner23]

Three very young children plucked up the courage to tell on John Doe despite serious risk of retaliation, and this monster did nothing at all except hide like a coward when it was too late.

[@icturner23]

I wrote that before your final comment. So glad you said the same. That poor child.

[@vensheaalara]

Four times she decided everyone else's life had no value. Not just her teachers, but every student there.

[@RickRoss440]

FYI to anyone interested, the supreme court has ruled that school administrators may search anyone on school property if they have reasonable suspicion (less than probable cause) because they have a duty to keep the other students safe

[@jenanne31]

Do you have a source? I'd love to have the link, my friend.

[@RickRoss440]

@@jenanne31 The landmark case of New Jersey vs T.L.O in 1985 established that school officials only need “reasonable suspicion” that there is a crime before searching a student’s belongings. The Court ruled that school administrators do not need to have a search warrant or probable cause before conducting a search because students have a reduced expectation of privacy when in school. Couldn’t find the link but you can look up the case online if you wish.

[@WalkingOneLegAtATime]

Well, obviously, Ebony didn’t give a shit. Black troubled kid, black school administrator, white teacher…

[@flapjackluvr]

Thank you for the information.

[@DaRealKing303]

I thought this was common sense 🤷‍♂️

[@milliewoo337]

11:04 [Ebony] “Immediately ran into her office and closed the door.” What an absolute coward. Shows exactly how this came to pass, she was only ever concerned about herself.

[@Bettersucksaul]

Lol my university had a “shooting” while I was attending (OSU, it was all over the news) and a lot of my friends said that their professors bolted from the rooms without saying a word. No one knew what was going on and where the shooter was

[@captainamerica6525]

I am a retired school safety coordinator. I am flabbergasted and stunned at the utter lack of professionalism, common sense and willful neglect of this "asst principal". Sickening.

[@alborrero9544]

@captainamerica6525 you are way too overqualified to be a school safety coordinator 😜

[@ImNotaRussianBot]

Principal Ass.

[@saraglickman5889]

it's absolutely ridiculous that these women wouldn't search his backpack the first time

[@jillruben8924]

Exactly. What rights were they breaking when told about the gun. Why didn’t anyone call the Police at the beginning?

[@lakcheong1499]

To those asking why they didnt search his backpack when the 6 years old refused, it's because of you. Yes, you. The school didn't want to get sued by litigious parents like you all because little timmy is an angel.

[@markmike7933]

they would get fired possibly. Read up on how woke things are now

[@lakcheong1499]

@@markmike7933 Your brain has been broken by the culture war you keep fighting in your head.

[@Anne-ot8gq]

I don’t think you understand how strict the rules are with teachers and physically interacting with students in their belongings.

[@avidhossanmansur9830]

Forget the principal what kind of household could produce a little demon like that?? It's shocking to see this kind of behavior from neglected teenagers let alone a 6 year old!!

[@NeeNee_B.]

A little demon?? He's a troubled 6 y.o, way to be compassionate 🙄

[@444anglee]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@NeeNee_B.your enabling via performative hyper “compassion” and narcissistic altruism is part of the problem. You seemingly care more about how this kid is being addressed than his heinous crime

[@Tomasquo]

@@NeeNee_B. Watch Dr Grande's other 3 videos on this incident. The boy had stated that he hated Abigail, and that he wanted to set her on fire and watch her die. He had previously attempted to strangle his kindergarten teacher. He whipped other children with his belt on the playground. He threatened to punch little girls in the face. He smashed Abigail's phone for no reason. He had previously thrown furniture and other objects in class in an attempt to hurt other children. He barricaded a classroom from the outside, trapping the occupants. He is clearly a psychopath.

[@HankHillspimphand]

@@NeeNee_B. you never had to deal with a "troubled" kid have you. bullying you son hurting dogs while the parenrts and teachers list a bunch of conditions ignoring the main point of terrible parents and school enabling these kids to get away with everything becasue its not thier fault. where they break windows, start fires and bring guns to school. i feel sorry but compassion and not a firm guiding hand is the issue. your kinda the problem, not understanding the threat a 6 year old this sadly damaged is. i feel sad for that kid who never had a chance

[@OWOT-re5jf]

Not forgetting Ebony

[@synthiamcbride7194]

As a speech-language pathologist who worked wirh young children, including children with serious behavioral issues, in public schools for over 30 years this whole incident is appalling. I guarantee that if I had heard a child might have a gun on him, I would have stepped up and frisked him in a New York minute. And I would not have worried about legal repercussions of not getting a 6-year-old's permission. Good grief.

[@daphnejackson841]

Exactly 💯💯💯

[@rileyswack5402]

In the United States school staff is allowed to search students if they have reasonable suspicion that a crime has or will be occurring. There is no reason why this child should have been able to deny a search. Principal should be in prison

[@tomsimpson5295]

"Lazy, jaded and arrogant" describes a significant percentage of the school administrators I ever worked for as a public K-12 classroom teacher...

[@tomsimpson5295]

Forgot to throw in "incompetent" to boot. Really, an assistant principal with at PhD is a pretty bad sign. Its like an inverse indicator of competence and fitness for the job...

[@ButchJoestar]

The fact that administration provided NO support is so upsetting. The state of our education system is sad and I've seen it firsthand.

[@wwiiinplastic4712]

I teach. I do not trust my administrators farther than I can throw a tractor trailer.

[@ButchJoestar]

@@wwiiinplastic4712 LMAO I don’t either. We gotta laugh so we don’t cry though, I suppose.

[@jtzoltan]

Isn't this the exact same story as the 6 year old kid a few years who shot his teacher after everyone did nothing?

[@willthebeast8002]

I worked 12 years in a School District. No know your pain.

[@alicemungia1642]

This is an outlier and not standard practice by school administrators.

[@okamisan3642]

The most violent kid in the school, accused of possessing a firearm in school, is allowed to be out of sight. Wow, 2+2=6 at this school.

[@Appaddict01]

Checking would have been racist.

[@stevencuenca1980]

BL don't M over at this school apparently..

[@statementleaver8095]

6!!! 2+2 = 1600 02:00 + 14:00 😂😂

[@idid69ok]

​@@stevencuenca1980you got it wrong. They matter so much that they're allowed to whatever they please til it's too late

[@user-zm5qz3fz1n]

I'm a teacher and I never waited for a student's permission to search a backpack and neither did administrators. Kids are given too many passes these days.

[@lakcheong1499]

This is a situation where the assistant principal is avoiding to get sued by a litigious parents. /ever since the pandemic, you parents have gotten so crazy.

[@Amanda-zm5yn]

Unfortunately people dont actually know their rights anymore. And cancel culture has created this non offensive, care more about your feelings, so scared of getting sued or worse callled racist world that the criminals scream they have rights and the culture sides with them.... America and our culture is warped and many people in this story are the problem.

[@megadethslayer3619]

@@lakcheong1499 wrong. she took a stance in the past and was being completely animus controlled and couldnt accept new information no matter what it was.

[@pandamonium4506]

Can you imagine how traumatized the other children were!

[@ArtU4All]

Right. Not once in the media anyone said ANYTHING about how other children had to cope with this terrorizing boy

[@cherylsmith4826]

And they had to deal with him daily!! Poor kids.

[@jillruben8924]

Ebony is responsible. Time and again she failed. That poor ,”friend “ suffering guilt is just heartbreaking 💔 This case is so horrific and so many should’ve called the police. I hope Abigail wins that 40 ml.

[@peggyr2984]

Exactly. Then she will be able to choose another profession. I believe I read/heard that she was taking some time off from teaching; she’s probably a great teacher is the sad thing.

[@jenanne31]

Me too. This case is so insane.

[@jillruben8924]

@@peggyr2984 I certainly understand that. Imagine after going thru that trying to return must be impossible. How many times she has reported him in the past as well only to be ignored and shot. Wish her well only.

[@wmdkitty]

No, the parents are solely responsible.

[@mangafq8]

​@@wmdkittyno they are not the only responsible parties. People have jobs for a reason.

[@happydays2300]

And that, my friends, is why I am no longer a school bus driver. I thought I the "student manager" and the "Special needs" administrator had my back. They did not. When I had a violent student AND his violent Mother attack me, and it was on camera, they refused to replay the tape. They just didn't want to know about it. They pretended it didn't happen. So I filed a type of report on that Mother that went over both of their heads, and brought in Social Services, and gave my two weeks notice. That whole two weeks I said to my coworkers, "Gee, I hope I don't get shot today." Talk about stress.

[@SM-ic9xy]

Any school administrator should have to be a teacher for at least 5 years. Know what it’s like on that side of things

[@dont_harsh_my_mellow]

Most administrators need classroom experience as a requirement. It’s not enough. They lose their humanity the moment they get that position of power and just want to coast off of it with as little work as possible for high pay. Wow. 😖

[@PrissyHippie]

That assistant principal is responsible. She needs to not only be held responsible, fired, but should be prosecuted!

[@dyates6380]

Again ........ she IS. It's IN THE VIDEO.

[@PrissyHippie]

@@dyates6380 feel better? Bravo.

[@awkwardautistic]

And mostly the parents.

[@carolineduff-riddell8109]

Where was the principal

[@kdd3051]

​@awkwardautistic especially the "parents".

[@Hatbox948]

This was so much worse than what was reported. What do you do with a child like that? I hope Ebony faces years in prison for her complacency. I don't doubt that kid would have killed the teacher if given the chance.

[@KimberlyLetsGo]

Actually, because of AP Parker, he WAS given the chance to kill his teacher.

[@Hatbox948]

@@KimberlyLetsGo Absolutely!

[@swerne01]

What do you do with a child like that? You don't put him in a regular classroom at all. You have him tutored or go to a room for emotionally disturbed children where specialists who are familiar with disturbed kids are in charge.

[@truthhurtsohwell05]

He should have been suspended from school until a parent showed up and did a behavior plan.

[@truthhurtsohwell05]

I don’t know about prison but I hope she doesn’t work anywhere else for being a dumbass

[@williamrunner6718]

Hopefully this poor teacher will win her lawsuits against the Va. Dept. of Education and the principal and I hope the principal is charged and convicted of crimes.

[@lindalund9621]

Yes really

[@roseaduke8835]

From this report, it appears that all the staff members concerned had equal information & opportunities to take decisive action in a timely manner, but failed to do so. Rather they were busy pussyfooting around & deferred the entire burden of action on the assistant principal, who, it seems, must've risen up the ranks from amongst that pool. Cuz, all I see are birds of a feather. They'll likely award her damages against the Department though.

[@netta96]

​@@roseaduke8835assistant principals are typically in charge of behavior issues

[@TC-wu3hp]

And they wonder why there is an alarming shortage of teachers!

[@LangwidereLMFT]

The parents should also be held accountable. How did a 6 year old get his hands on a gun so easily?

[@420noscopesonlylol6]

She obtained it illegally. Let's crackdown on legal gun purchases.

[@QuestiontheNarritive71]

His mother got 21 months for child neglect felony charge and his dad was probably already in jail.

[@RBzee112]

​@@420noscopesonlylol6 let's crack down on parents allowing a six year old to take it to school.

[@nadapenny8592]

I live here - the parents are both going to jail for child neglect but it's not nearly for long enough. What I heard on the news was 5 years BUT they can be paroled after 15 months.

[@spazmonkey3815]

@@420noscopesonlylol6 Ha!

[@SymoneTrust]

This makes me wonder what kind of abuse and neglect this child must have experienced to become this type of person at 6.

[@sirpseudonymous5555]

that's what I'm sayin

[@Iretsm]

yep

[@jacintaaconng1]

He might have been a cocaine baby at birth. Damaged beyond hope.

[@markmike7933]

It is EXTREMELY RARE that a child is a sociopath due to neurological issues.....the parts of the brain responsible for empathy and sympathy and guilt don't develop at all....and even they can be helped to some extent, i'm guessing. They ruined this kid. His brained developed Abnormally because of how he was raised. That's science. His brain is now structurally different than it should have been. How do they "fix" him?

[@user-er3ri6sc3j]

We were warned. Eugenics. We fix stray animals.

[@debbiethompson14]

Only two years? She should least get fifteen. That's attempted murder and she provided the gun.

[@sugahoney89]

He was telling people that he was smoking weed and yet no one went to CPS over that to prevent this??

[@ArtU4All]

Maybe everybody smokes weed there?

[@TheRealBamboonga]

It would be seen as racist to even question it.

[@sanna9062]

​@@TheRealBamboonga No it wouldn't

[@sanna9062]

I was thinking the same thing. This 6-year-old is clearly getting abused and/or neglected and no one thought to call the CPS?

[@BlueJay6441]

Wow, how scary is this little psychopath. He will be a burden on our prison system forever. Hopefully Ebony Parker never sets foot in a school again. Shaking my head in disgust the whole time I was listening to this...just, wow.

[@RB01.10]

Agreed I hope for the best, but part of me thinks he’s sadly beyond help.

[@MrDzoni955]

@@RB01.10 He is only 6 so def not beyond help, but all the right cards need to be played and I wonder if enough people even care

[@kenw2225]

Lol. Hes beyond help. Dna is a big deal. Theres no fixing it.

[@MrDzoni955]

@@kenw2225 I think you put too much weight on DNA. It doesn't exist in a vacuum, it's all about the interactions between genes and environment But more importantly, we are not our genes, we are our brains and our brains are plastic. I recommend you watch the Child of Rage documentary. It's about a young girl who was sadistic and lacked remorse, basically a psychopath child. They managed to "fix" her by the end. It was hard work but it worked, and she grew up to be a normal person.

[@sanna9062]

​@@kenw2225 ...it's not that big of a deal.

[@AmandaLeigh1004]

Hearing that the kid who saw the gun at recess feels guilty absolutely broke me. That poor baby, I'm glad he's getting counseling and it is my deepest hope that he continues to receive support as he gets older.

[@paulgutierrez6416]

Yes, Ebony Parker does deserve to be held accountable for what happened, she was told many times about what happened and she refused to do anything about what was going on. I hope that she is charged for not taking any action.

[@stugrant01]

@@user-xj5xp6qz5g Something tells me that Ebony got her job by pleasing the men on the school-board.

[@MissDarleneRae]

@@stugrant01 No it is called DIE.

[@paulgutierrez6416]

@@user-xj5xp6qz5g I think so too. ebony obviously had a problem with the teacher. she took none of her concerns seriously

[@melanytodd2929]

From South Africa 🇿🇦... something tells me the demographic played a huge part.

[@elizabethhamm5320]

So the assistant principal didn’t give the green light to search the boy because his mom was going to pick him up shortly. Interesting that she didn’t invite him into her office for candy when he was alleged to have had a gun. Perhaps she was more willing to put teachers and children at risk than she was herself

[@netta96]

You're giving her way too much credit as possessing analytical thinking.

[@nattypnetto]

I went to High School with Ebony Parker. She was just as arrogant as a teenager.

[@sealandsand1225]

Just out of curiosity, did she had religious beliefs?

[@nattypnetto]

@@sealandsand1225 Hey. The kind of town we grew up in, everyone belonged to a church but I don’t remember enough detail to say about Ebony.

[@netta96]

​@@sealandsand1225does that matter?

[@kcmet79]

For Dr. Grande to get borderline emotive and quasi-personal, you know the behavior (i.e. Ebony) has to be outlandish. This is tragic and disturbing.

[@saraglickman5889]

Atrocious behavior for a 6 year old

[@autumnjade815]

I saw your comment at the beginning of the video. I thought the comment was harsh until Dr. Grande went through the entire list of this kid’s antics. Atrocious and Disturbing to say the least!!!

[@markmike7933]

That's kind of obvious :) To say the least!! :)

[@spazmonkey3815]

Demonic and unsolvable. He is bound to repeat this behavior in the future.

[@seraphcreed840]

Dad is in the home too. Guess having both parents doesn't matter if it's a family of rotten apples.

[@user-er3ri6sc3j]

Do you remember the movie The Omen with the boy name Damien? This is the BET version.

[@Constance-cl3wg]

Absolutely ridiculous that nobody searched him. Complete incompetence and lack concern for even other children. All adults involved could have searched that boy.

[@lakcheong1499]

To those asking why they didnt search his backpack when the 6 years old refused, it's because of you. Yes, you. The school didn't want to get sued by litigious parents like you all because little timmy is an angel.

[@seraphcreed840]

​@@lakcheong1499i ain't seen 1 kid I thought was an angel. Between stepping on anthills and squishing frogs, I don't expect much of kids.

[@gavinjenkins899]

@@lakcheong1499 Not one single person you've copied and pasted this to gave any indication that they are litigious in the comments you replied to. You're having a whole fantasy conversation with nobody.

[@lakcheong1499]

@@gavinjenkins899 You people got crazy during the pandemic. The school administration is not willing to deal with you crazy parents and decided to walk around egg shells when it comes to your kids. This is the reason the assistant principal decided against searching the troubled kid backpack because of fear of the blowback. Also, I don't see the need of typing out a new comment when they're all saying the same thing assigning blaming on the assistant principal instead of you bad parents.

[@Constance-cl3wg]

@@gavinjenkins899 I thought the comment was just to get an argument from someone so I left it alone.

[@TC-wu3hp]

I was a SPED teacher in an ES near here in VB Va and I’ll tell you that the Very Last People to help you or protect you as a teacher in an elementary school here are the principal and the assistant principal and anyone from any management level in the school system. Teachers are treated like work horses and given the same respect as a working farm animal. I still have chronic illnesses years later from just a few years of teaching. I found administrators to be ruthless and soulless. I feel sorry for the teacher.

[@ExpandingHeart]

I thought about becoming a teacher, but I found a book in my college library that had interviewed many teachers, and most of them describe exactly what you say here. It's appalling, but nothing is done about it. I'm glad that you left teaching and am sorry that you're dealing with chronic illness as a result of your experience.

[@LadyKej]

Agreed. It’s saddens me that the professional I love has become so horrible. This job is not doable without support, and that’s why we are in a teacher shortage crisis right now.

[@ClaireBeatty]

You’re a (former?) teacher. You should know better than to write in an alphabet soup of acronyms no one can understand.

[@tiryaclearsong421]

​@@ClaireBeatty SPED is special ed, ES is elementary school, VB is Virginia Beach, VA is Virginia

[@virtualpaintstudio]

When I was in the 6th grade, 2 students reported to a teacher that another student said he had a gun in his back pack. The cops were called and the school was on lockdown for 3 hours. That's how they should have done this situation.😧

[@elizabethmadron1336]

When I was in elementary school no one would have even thought about bringing a weapon to school. Later in high school they searched our lockers. Mostly for pot. Occasionally there would be a rumor that they found a knife in someone's locker. Never a gun. I am 56yrs old. Times have changed for the worse.

[@Missglam67]

I have a feeling that this principal didn’t do anything because she either was afraid of this child’s mother or sympathized with her.

[@Lizzysheart777]

You know, you just might have a point there. Good observation.

[@HankHillspimphand]

im betting scared of the mom, knowing the hell she would bring "why you puttin hand on my baby he was only playing. he only 6" "other kids are lying" "ill sue you" anyone with a kids knows these parents. the school hands are really tied aswell in what they are allowed to do. but this was a clear patteren getting worse and worse yet those kids getting strangled, hit and hurt just had to put up with it. while the school was to afraid or didnt care to act. also a small woman can easlily get hurt by these 6 year olds throwing chairs. all i know is this kids odds of not being dead or in jail by 21 are so tiny. parents should be in prison

[@spazmonkey3815]

I think the latter and fear of parents or not ,one must do what is right and the assistant principle failed.

[@Erica69]

Or maybe the child’s mother could been her best friend or the parents threatened to sue if they ever punish their child

[@BlueJay6441]

Exactly what I was thinking. My money is on "sympathized"

[@Liberty4Ever]

There is a good chance that part of the murderous six year old's problems might stem from his mom doing drugs while he was gestating, in addition to the social problems associated with growing up in a household with no father and a drug addicted mother.

[@kenw2225]

That might be, but his behavior is his upbringing. He learned all these things, from his scholarly parents

[@racequad9]

If this child is a problem now, just imagine when he is a teen.

[@nicholkola9975]

It’s 1000% clear that not only was this kid troubled, but his behavior was magnified by crappy parents. I know that a lot of school officials are scared of parents, because the worst of them are just belligerent. I can’t tell if this school was afraid of this family or just lazy/incompetent.

[@prince_dogboy]

Well if the 6 year old child behaved like this then I can only imagine what the "parents" are like. I would imagine that the teachers were afraid of being called racist if they did or said anything.

[@milenaliv7936]

I agree. If their child can act like this imagine what the parents were like?

[@kdd3051]

​@@prince_dogboy"racist" has lost its meaning, unfortunately.

[@39smoothed]

These goddamn parents. What a disaster.

[@DonHendrickson-xd7jw]

I agree. They're horrible people who should be convicted of child abuse and imprisoned.

[@user-er3ri6sc3j]

Eugenics.

[@stewart2589]

​@@user-er3ri6sc3jyou still believe in that fairytale? I guess some people don't receive up to date education

[@tarstarkusz]

4:26 "The student success team" Jeez.. the euphemisms and opposite names are strong here. This should be called the student is failing team.

[@imaginethepossumbilities2337]

Where I worked they changed in-school suspension to the student training program. I was not a fan of the name change.

[@Flamsterette]

@@imaginethepossumbilities2337 That's ridiculous!

[@pandamonium4506]

My public school teaching career ended in 2003 because of a similar scenario. A peer left before me after a high school student pushed her against a wall-she was six months pregnant. These things were covered up twenty years ago, but same things were happening back then.

[@ArtU4All]

If not for shooting AND wounding! Seriously! We may not have heard of this story either. Unless it were a white kid, then media would be screaming “gun control”

[@andrews527]

Ebony was passed through the same system that was passing John Doe through, without teaching responsibility and humanity. She became an enabler for a salary, having herself been enabled to achieve her position.

[@netta96]

Dei

[@Throndl]

Congrats to Ebony on her eventual promotion. This is exactly what the administrators in her line of work are looking for

[@ArtU4All]

Yep. They will move out of the school to the school board or whatever that governing body is. Like the bad surgeons - make them chiefs

[@Timefortracy]

Exactly what I was thinking.

[@Shawnne86]

wtf has happened to school personnel?! This is WILD… a six year old child is allowed to do and say as they please… children are “sponges” they internalize their surroundings… an investigation into the parents/family should have been done, and this child should have been taken to therapy, counseling and anger/emotion management. This is failure on a monumental level.shame on the parents, the school, the administration and, the state.

[@RB01.10]

Exactly And by hearing of his constant appalling behavior, he shouldn’t have even been allowed around other students. He was a danger to both himself and the others. The school failed massively, especially letting him be in school without a parent albeit it’s a bit unusual for any school to do that.

[@pourcelaine]

I’ll never understand the point of protecting the anonymity of minors by withholding their names while freely giving the names and faces of their parents. Doesn’t that kind of narrow it down??

[@flowersinthedesert7896]

I retired from the public schools in my state three years ago, after 20 years as a social worker. I can tell you this story is absolutely standard. From the profoundly negligent parent, to the behaviorally out of control kid (including kindergarteners) running the school ragged...and including the wildly incompetent school administrators who give out candy to kids with the most aggressive behaviors. When I heard this case in the news, my first thought was "other states have this problem, too?". The school district should be responsible for administrators who are not doing their jobs, but everyone is so short of staff, they won't fire anyone. The only recourse at this point, unfortunately, is to hold adults legally responsible for such dangerous incompetence.

[@raymondpetrovits2336]

Ebony was covering for one of her own. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know “John Doe” was a problem child with anger issues and limited mental dexterity. The assistant principal (Ebony) was negligent and wanted to cover up her misdeeds. The teachers should have called the Police instead of going internally.

[@tonystoops7802]

We are raising monsters, and it will come back to bite us.

[@wot4me2]

It already is.

[@kenw2225]

Living near them, not raising them. Unless of course, you relate with the parents highlighted in this story.

[@wot4me2]

@@kenw2225 OMG, no.

[@MareMarMarie]

The minute someone suspects a student has a weapon then whole classroom needs to be searched! Honestly that kid had no business being in school.

[@sarahfrith1984]

My heart breaks for the little friend who said “I told you, I tried to keep you safe” bless him that poor little boy is the only one feeling guilty 😔😔

[@jackiecurtis8588]

@sarahfrith1984, yes, I agree! Unfortunately, he is also a victim in this 😔 one of many. Makes me wonder, if this little friend will ever be able to trust another adult in his life, with anything he tells them! Not to mention the hit to his “self esteem” at such a young age, believing that what he told the adult, didn’t matter to them at all, it wasn’t important 😢 (translated into “He” wasn’t important enough to listen to!) The guilt he felt at not “saving” the teacher, He should not have to carry that around! But, we all know he will . Sad, very sad 😭!

[@brockjensen2473]

There is only 1 word that can sum this entire case up: infuriating. The number of people that failed this teacher is honestly disturbing.

[@kenw2225]

I mean the teacher survived and is about to get paid. Plus the kids parents are incarcerated. Those two things are good. I would also assume the fellow students are no longer going to have their former classmate disrupt class and tramautize them anymore

[@tarstarkusz]

3:48 "he never finished kindergarten, had a reading level below his peers....:" There is no requirement to be able to read at all to graduate kindergarten and entering the first grade. The bad behavior is a different story and he should not have been allowed to attend because of it. Far too many people believe that looking the other way and not "stigmatizing" the child by putting consequences on them is somehow bad. But it is far worse to teach a child that there are no consequences to their bad behavior. Letting kids, especially really young ones get away with stuff is not helping them. You are hurting them badly.

[@LadyKej]

Kindergarten teacher here. Yes, kindergarteners are required to read by the end of the year. It’s very simple reading, like sight words and cvc words, but the requirement is there nonetheless. Kindergarten us a far cry nowadays from what it was back when I was five years old.

[@tarstarkusz]

@@LadyKej According to google, there is no requirement for any level of reading to graduate from kindergarten. However, it is probably referring to some kind of federal rule. I know in the US, laws/regulations can vary wildly from state to state. Frankly, I don't think children should be required to do much of anything in kindergarten. What kindergarten was mostly for when I was in it near 50 years ago was socialization. It was only 1/2 a day and for only 1/2 the school year. Boomers got the idea in their heads that what children really needed was to learn reading and even some math in preschool. It was one of the dumbest ideas in education in the last 80 years. The only worse idea is that near 100% of kids should graduate HS. No other idea has been worse or caused more damage to the school system than this utopian idea. The ONLY way most kids can graduate is if the curriculum is easy enough for nearly all kids. It just devalues the high school diploma. Up until the 1950s, graduation rates were under 50%. There were some kids who dropped out before graduating because of bad circumstances and where they needed a job to contribute to the family. But the overwhelming majority of kids went as far as they could until they ran into their limits. They went as far as their eye cue (yes, I know) and level of discipline combined could take them. Today we just pretend they graduated and hand them their diploma.

[@missanne2908]

@@tarstarkusz Another boomer here, and a former teacher. There had been a study looking at children who started reading at ages five, six, and nine, and reading skills for all groups were indistinguishable by the time a child reached twelve years of age. We had an inservice with a reading specialist who said the only thing that teaching reading in kindergarten accomplished was to frustrate students who were not neurologically ready to read and start them on the path of failure, but that the schools were in a bind because it was parents who insisted on early reading. BTW, I didn't start reading until I was six, but was reading the bible at nine and my brother's college textbooks by the age of ten, which I preferred to my own textbooks. Kindergarten for me was a half day program of socialization and learning readiness.

[@FFootagefetish]

My child just finished kindergarten, there are requirements, at least in the state of CT, and they do need to meet a very basic standard to move to first grade which included reading, like the other teacher mentioned, sight words, not books or sentences, just basic understanding of very commonly used words

[@cheetahgurll]

@@tarstarkuszNobody cares about google, it’s not the same in every place. My school required you to have a certain reading level in order to be permitted to go to first grade. You don’t speak for everyone. Writing a long essay using big words doesn’t make you sound any smarter.

[@Akron162]

Something is really broken in this kid. For the sake of society i hope they never let him out.

[@BouncyBrown]

my heart breaks for the friend who warned the school. how tragic that he feels responsible! shame on the vice principal.

[@thebelleofbeale]

Left the teaching profession for the same reason. Taught in a major U.S. Metro city. Had a visiting student that stabbed others-breaking the skin. This was Kindergarten. That child needed to be removed and needed a psych hospital or Maury boot camp. The admin sat on their big keisters and did nothing. Ridiculous. No one deserves to deal with that as an educator.

[@avam3983]

She absolutely needs to go to jail. As a teacher I am tired of incompetent, inexperienced admin with few years in the classroom, being unresponsive to teachers concerns on every level.

[@LadyKej]

No blame or shame whatsoever on the teacher who almost got killed. My heart is shattered for her. But what the general public doesn’t understand is that these ridiculous administrators have us teachers so beat down, nervous and gaslighted that we don’t even feel comfortable doing the common sense thing at school (taking and checking the backpack; calling the police) for fear of censure, retaliation, or outright losing our jobs. I actually had an administrator once tell the staff that we were not allowed to call 911; we were supposed to call the front office instead. This announcement came right after a student violently attacked a teacher, and that teacher called 911 without letting anybody anybody know first.

[@ArtU4All]

That teacher,s instinct was correct. Healthy. Are the front offices there to “protect and serve?”

[@ogarzabello]

Adults MUST be held legally accountable for the actions of minors they are supposed to supervise.

[@BaileyLondon27]

If this is what he was doing to the adults, imagine the absolute terror he was on the other kids. This school failed absolutely everyone.

[@richardhart9204]

My wife has an American aunt (we're British) who is a recently retired teacher, and from what she's told us, teachers over there are bound by rules, regulations, and laws that make it utterly impossible to reign in disruptive kids. Amongst those restrictions is a strict prohibition against searching a student's person or property. If you're looking for someone or something to blame, blame the system teachers have to operate within.

[@alana4988]

When I first heard of this story, I was absolutely appalled. Now that I work in a school, having experienced a situation where a student tried to fight me, with no support from the colleagues whatsoever (their excuse was that they’re lenient on her because of her rough upbringing and that she’s at least nice to them), I 100% empathise. No teacher should go to work feeling unsafe because of other students. It’s really traumatising and demoralising 😒 There’s too many excuses for poor behaviour from students, with less protection of teachers.

[@ikotsus2448]

These types of students are allways nice to some teachers/administrators so they can have support. They are playing these stupid adults like a fiddle ("Oh, I can get through to him, I must be a awesome educator!!!"), especially when they grow older.

[@peaceknot]

It makes you wonder what this kid saw at home that has made him so callous and cold at such a young age. smh

[@joannah.185]

He doesn’t necessarily have to see anything. It’s a DNA issue.

[@melindadurchholz3738]

Well, mom carrying a gun in her purse is a little unusual for the suburbs.

[@skyhawk_4526]

@@joannah.185 Drug baby, most likely. Serious behavioral in children that young (and younger) are very often the result of the mother ingesting narcotics while pregnant. It causes irreversible neurological damage that manifests in behavioral and conduct disorders.

[@cherylcalogero3330]

Ebony needs jail time and her teaching credentials revoked.

[@WilberforceWooster-uo2bl]

Ebony Parker must be a sociopath. Anyone in a position of authority who hears that there's been a school shooting, and then wordlessly locks herself in her room, is a coward who deserves to rot in jail.

[@marilynmcmahon5932]

A good reason for home schooling. My daughter was an excellent teacher but I am glad and relieved that she is now a nurse.

[@PHlophe]

A Nurse ? Ouch !

[@robinantonio8870]

Nursing is just as bad

[@NurseAllison]

@@robinantonio8870it sure as heck is at times

[@a..r.9341]

Dr Ebony ... Dr of what? PHD of incompetence 😤

[@skyhawk_4526]

Dr of Education like Jill Biden.

[@catking396]

How does a 6 year old behave this aggressively and no one is questioning the parents and CPS isn’t involved?

[@hsmd4533]

It’s normal in that community

[@binnie2150]

​@hsmd4533 No, it isn't. Would it be fair to say that certain school annihilaters are normal in yours? CPS is often neglectful until it's too late. This is such a case

[@nick_sapsford]

Got to say, I’m impressed that the doctor called the failure to cycle on the pistol. I feel like a lot of people wouldn’t understand what was happening there.

[@ArtU4All]

Dr Grande is a Dude with a capital letter. Smart, humble, funny as hell. I bet he and his wife share a lot of laughs. Another bet, all the cacti in the background - her artistry 😄 I am looking forward to his channel growing to 2 million 😊 And to his commentary on the upcoming events of the election. It would be amazing if subscribing grew to THREE MILLION 😂

[@skyhawk_4526]

I've seen quite a few of his videos that mention specific details on the firearms used, and he seems to be quite knowledgeable about firearms in general. I suspect he has some personal experience in the area. If not, he certainly does some very good research.

[@InvisibleWarrior279]

In case you are wondering why no sane person wants to be a teacher anymore .. 🤨

[@light6230]

A LOT of us working in education are wanting to leave the profession. In my opinion it's not the pay or stupid politics dumb people project on the profession so much as the emotionally deregulated, extremely rude disrespectful and violent kids we have to deal with on a constant basis. We are trying to do our job and they refuse to allow us to. We are trying to run psychiatric hospitals within schools and it's not working or possible. There are no consequences for bad actions. We have handed the keys to the school over to the worst behaved kids, and the educational opportunities for kids who want to learn is greatly diminished because the majority of the teachers' energy gets put into dealing with ridiculously bad behavior.

[@alana4988]

I had a student try to fight me a few weeks ago, she became really aggressive. No teacher came to my defence, I never received an apology. The teachers said they’re lenient on her because she has a rough upbringing. But now I’m demoralised at work. No protection for teachers at all. Shitty, violent kids get prioritised and we’re expected to deal with it normally.

[@InvisibleWarrior279]

I hear ya! Started my adult life off as a high school teacher and the day my student loans were paid off (it took 9 years) I was out of there. Every teacher will tell you it is not the (majority of the) kids that are the problem. It is the total lack of grown adult leadership and support to DEAL WITH THE BAD APPLE KIDS that is the problem. PS -Administration like this Ebony person are RIDICULOUSLY common

[@light6230]

@@InvisibleWarrior279 you are right! The majority of the kids are great! It's the adult leadership who make all the decisions without having to do any of the work dealing with the behavior who are the real problem. Having worked in education since 2011, I can tell you that behavior has steadily gotten so much more out of control since I started working in the field. Behaviors which would have gotten a kid expelled before have no consequences, at all now.

[@light6230]

@@alana4988 Yep. That's a good description; demoralized. I work in special education. The majority of the kids are sweet. Then there are the couple who have ripped hair out of my head, hit me, kicked me, and scratched me until I had blood running down my arms. I need a different job. I have been studying IT at night. Apparently if I stay in this job, I have no human rights at all and it is acceptable to violently attack me. I'm done with it.

[@texasterri2002]

Where was the Principal through all of these events?

[@ArtU4All]

DEI conferences

[@TheRealBamboonga]

@@ArtU4All 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@willman9567]

Ebony Parker seems typical of a certain type of leadership.

[@onlyicedcrybaby7297]

Bingo. But they won't speak on that. Scared of being called wacist

[@Lynn.B.]

Your stereotype seems typical of a certain type of intellectual deficiency.

[@melanytodd2929]

It's a demo graphic.

[@truthsocialmedia]

@@melanytodd2929lol. Thats a good one

[@wwiiinplastic4712]

The AP needs to serve time as an accomplice.

[@francislarv3012]

Ebony and Ivory living in perfect harmony 🎼

[@melanytodd2929]

I think the demographic plays a huge part in this...

[@wtf_is_this__]

💯

[@debswatching]

Shout out to Stevie Wonder & Macca!

[@netta96]

It can never work. The founders knew that.

[@light6230]

Absolute dereliction of duty on the part of the administration 😡. Abby is a true hero for putting the safety of her students above her own. ❤️ Abby deserves the millions, and may need it considering damages.

[@terrifryday3641]

the little boy that tried to keep it safe was the only one that had a normal human reaction to the gun. at school. in kindergarten class... wtf

[@kimberlygilliam6112]

The reading teacher should have immediately reported that a student may have a gun. He should have been searched right then. This is insane. Every adult in that school failed every other adult and child in that school, and that boy's parents failed him.

[@angelat.8997]

I’ve been an educator for 24 years. In the past few years, I’ve had students in my room much like John Doe. The lack of action on admin’s part is infuriating. It boils down to a lack of funding, if students are “disciplined” too often. This case is exactly what happens, as a result.

[@kennahowe7582]

My daughter was an elementary student at a nearby school in Newport News, VA when this happened and administrators acted like this all the time. She is now a middle school student in the district, and things have changed for the better. I love her administrators. The school is rough, but the adults in the school are very proactive.

[@netta96]

For now

[@ArtU4All]

Lesson one for the adults: in the first five years of a child’s life A LOT can be learned, including the worst of the adult behavior. Lesson two: the “Dr.” before Ebony’s name but her not getting the Principal position, speaks volumes of how “qualified” she was despite all the push for DEI. Lesson three: someone only mentions a gun in the context of a bad troublemaker - call the police. Being afraid of a deadly weapon being nearby is terror, you don’t have to see the gun to feel terrorized. CALL THE POLICE instead of defunding them. Unbelievably short sentences for all perpetrators. Endless empathy to the teachers in the classrooms that have turned into battlefields in the US. Dr.Grande, yet again, profound thank you 🙏

[@redband6011]

Beyond the maddening inaction of the adults in this case, this child will forever be a danger to anyone that's unfortunate enough to cross paths with him. And as he ages, it will only get worse. I'm afraid this will not end well.

[@roadlesstraveled34]

This reminds me of something that happened when my now 17 year old son was in first grade. In his elementary school in Coatesville, PA about 10 years ago one of his classmates brought in a bundle of dope and handed out several of the bags to other students in the classroom. The principal at the time mishandled this, i don't remember the exact details, but authorities weren't called until HOURS after the fact. Needless to say it would not have taken hours for any of those kids to have opened the bag which contained heroin, to ingest it and likely die.

[@SusieQzz]

As an elementary teacher, it doesn't surprise me AT ALL that the situation wasn't taken more seriously. Several times I've had violent/out of control students back in my classroom in no time at all bc there's no admin, or bc they just don't know how to handle the kids or their parents.

[@64ig6kg0]

I've been a teacher for 10 years and you would not believe how many similar cases are all over the schools. Needless to say, even though I'm a teacher, my wife homeschools our kids.

[@user-ph3dc2ch4k]

I'm an old veteran urban teacher. I wish that I worked with administration as good as "Dr." Parker. Teachers get blamed for what administrators do. If police were called by teacher, it would violate protocol which WILL end up haunting you throughout your career. Some say diversity has made it even worse. You wouldn't believe what has happened to your kid that you never found out about.

[@TK-dx1nh]

A drug addict mother and a criminal for a father. Who knows what horrors that child has gone through to have caused him to be so angry and full of rage. All of these so-called professionals knew this baby was in trouble long before he pulled the trigger. Disgusting.

[@ginadoughty6950]

Thugs raising thugs

[@donnaengel6413]

Dr. Ebony Parker is absolutely guilty!

[@TwinBleaks]

Having a kid in the Hampton Roads public school system and a best friend who is a teacher here...the situation is grim. The schools are understaffed, many of the teachers are overworked or don't care. When my kid was 4/5, the preschool sent home a letter to inform us that a kid came to school with a gun in their backpack. The school only went up to age 5! The gun was only discovered when a teacher went into the kid's bag to get their lunchbox. When this incident happened, I almost wondered if it was the same kid but I don't think the age lined up.

[@ArtU4All]

And what was the purpose of that letter? Asking to not put guns in their kids’ backpacks..?. Or suggesting, hey put some guns in, your kids will have something to defend themselves with? Or was it for the ✅

[@TwinBleaks]

@@ArtU4All I guess to keep us informed 🥴. Coincidentally my kid was home with me that day and I'm glad nothing went awry. But it was so crazy to me!

[@javybavy]

How much you want to bet that kid going to be in jail soon

[@GB-dw3fo]

@javeybavy Aw, he’s just looking for his Daddy.

[@jayjablunov4697]

Accountability and responsibility for causing or preventing outcomes must be coupled with the authority to have influenced them in the first place. I have no issues with holding adults responsible for the actions of minor children in their charge. That said, if parents or teachers are to be held accountable for the misdeeds of children, they need to be given significant leeway in the exercise of discipline and control. There was a time in this country, not too long ago, when a kid's worst fear was not getting in trouble with a teacher or cop, but rather what would happen after a teacher or cop called their parents to tell them what their kid had done. It was not a perfect system, but it kept a lot of kids in line that would have otherwise strayed.

[@spazmonkey3815]

Damn ,he was 6 you don't ask a 6 year old if you can search his backpack if there is suspicion of a gun, you just do it. This entire event was totally mishandled and this school was not capable of dealing with this monster. This vice principle was a doctor of what? Surely nothing related to education or maybe she was a diversity hire and she was at the bottom of her class.. First violent incident and he should have been expelled. And when the covering receptionist was advised of Jennifer's fears why didn't someone call the cops? These are the dummies teaching our kids. America should be very concerned about our educational system and our overall hiring practices....Now I'm going on a trip and I'm flying United. I pray that Abigale gets every bit of that 40 million dollars ,I am so glad she survived and if I was her I'd move far away from that 6 year old and his wretched family.

[@cristinawilliams7870]

I just can't believe a 6years old can be so evil a heart of a monster i just can't think a child as young as 6 can be so violent..Such a scary world indeed we live in..that is really Disturbing

[@emilyl1094]

Imagine he has grown into an adult and remained to be so violent and angry.

[@swerne01]

Before you get too carried away with John Doe's behavior, just imagine what it's like being the child of a felon and a drug addict. That picture of his mother is very scary. What's hard to believe is that the picture of the assistant principal is almost as scary. Where was the principal of the school in all this? And let's see his picture too. And let me guess: Newport News, Va., is not listed as the safest town in America.